Canopus (nuclear test): Difference between revisions

'''''Canopus''''' (also '''''Opération Canopus''''' in [[French language|French]]) was the code name for [[France|France's]] first [[Teller-Ulam|two-stage]] [[Thermonuclear weapons|thermonuclear]] test, conducted on August 24, 1968 at [[Fangataufa]] [[atoll]]. The test made France the fifth country to test a thermonuclear device after the [[United States]], the [[Soviet Union]], the [[United Kingdom]] and [[People's Republic of China|China]].